A recent OSHA Infosheet highlights the risk of eye infections from contaminated water in improperly maintained emergency equipment.
OSHA says the company failed to provide proof of correcting prior violations.
Valley International Cold Storage has been fined $76,500.
While ADA has no specific guidelines for eyewashes or eye/face washes, it does outline other guidelines that can be helpful, such as maximum sink and/or counter height.
Eyewash stations and showers must be easy for an injured person to operate and must work reliably whenever they are needed—so the equipment must be tested weekly.
The organization represents more than 300,000 full-time firefighters and paramedics in the United States and Canada.
OSHA cites Transport Tech LLC for five repeat safety violations.
Alleged violations at a Chicago store brought a proposed penalty of $110,700.
The Connecticut contractor was cited by OSHA in connection with workers' lead and silica exposures, according to the agency.
Optimize your equipment to meet ANSI requirements, address facility needs, and provide workers the best washdown coverage.
The agency has cited Industrial Insulation Group LLC for allegedly failing to protect workers from caustic chemicals, among other violations.
Burrows Paper Corp. faces nearly $300,000 in proposed fines.
The ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2009 standard is being revised, with a new version to be published this year. ISEA is recruiting reviewers for the process.
Three workers suffered acid burns in December 2011 when corroded, 50-year-old pipes burst at a Southampton chemical plant, a British court was told Nov. 29.
OSHA filed 15 safety violations against Har-Conn Chrome Co.
Make sure your equipment delivers ANSI-required tepid water to eye and eye/face washes to encourage a full 15- minute flush.
New safety initiatives and a National Academy of Sciences study have come in response to dozens of accidents in recent years at industrial and academic labs.
The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.
Do whatever is needed to ensure a clear pathway to the eyewash/shower unit. No stacks of junk, excess storage, or trash bins should interfere.
The ANSI/ASSE A10-26-2011 standard, Emergency Procedures for Construction and Demolition Sites, is one of the newest American National Standards.